Chris Murray: Scoring prowess a hallmark of Wolf Pack football in its 1,000-game history

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Oct. 13, 2013

Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick cheers after running for a touchdown against Cal in 2010.

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From Rabbit Bradshaw in the 1920s, Marion Motley in the 1930s, Stan Heath in the 1940s, Frank Hawkins in the 1970s, Chris Vargas in the 1990s and Colin Kaepernick in the 2000s, the Wolf Pack football team has always been able to do one thing: get the ball into the end zone.

The Wolf Pack program, which began play in 1896, hit the 1,000-game mark last month. Those first 1,000 games led to 14 conference titles, 13 bowl games and 23,477 points (yes, I counted all of them).

In the busy world of college football, it's easy to get washed into the sea of irrelevance. But Nevada has always had a special niche, a ...